The last employment report that will be reported before election day will be that of September 2004. The number I tracked down was 2.8 million lost jobs according to the Department of Labor as of January. Those 2.8 million jobs divided by 8 monthly employment reports gives you 350,000 new jobs a month that must be created to restore that which has been lost. If it's 2.6 million (which is fine by me) then the number is 325,000.
I didn't ask if you think the economy is capable of adding 290,000 or 325,000 jobs per month (what is it with people answering the question they want to see). This economy is easily capable of adding at least half a million jobs or more each month. What I did ask was if you think the economy will add 350,000 (or 325,000 or even 290,000 if you prefer) new jobs each month between now and the end of September.
I stand by what I said earlier- I think it is likely that the economy will come close to replacing all the jobs. How close? We'll see, just like we will see if I am right at all.